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the other is hamas. there's an increasing distance between these two organizations which makes it very, very difficult to know who should be negotiating with israel. >> well, the plo, palestine liberation organization remains the representative of the palestinian people, even when hamas formed the palestinian government after the elections of 2006, they acknowledged this fact that the plo will be in charge of conducting negotiations with israel in order to resolve the conflict. so there's no question about who represents the palestinian people here. we do have political differences. this is not a secret. but when it comes to confronting this israeli brutal attack against the gaza strip, witnessing the deaths of innocent civilians, 135 so far have been killed, almost 1,000 wounded, we have put aside all our differences and we do our best to protect our people. >> how do you personally feel about the indiscriminate firing of rockets into israeli civilian areas going back months and years? >> well, we alway
the other is hamas. there's an increasing distance between these two organizations which makes it very, very difficult to know who should be negotiating with israel. >> well, the plo, palestine liberation organization remains the representative of the palestinian people, even when hamas formed the palestinian government after the elections of 2006, they acknowledged this fact that the plo will be in charge of conducting negotiations with israel in order to resolve the conflict. so there's...
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the hamas rockets came toward beersheba. from the outside it didn't look too bad, but inside is another story. a mother, father and four of their children were inside the home. when the sirens went off they had less than a minute. they made it. they did -- the husband says we went to the safe room, closed the door, we heard a big boom. straight after that an electric outage. he says the young girls were in a little hysteria. we were lucky we entered the safe room. his wife said the fire was to protect the children, then when they saw the incredible damage, they were stunned. their 9-year-old said she is was frightened when she heard the initial siren and then the large explosion. an israeli member of parliament minced no words in what he thought israel had to do. >> all my sons, four of them, they are ready to go. >> but there's a major debail on whether that's rise. >> a former air force xharchder says he hopes the naval and airpower can get it done. 11 hamas rockets entered the vicinity while we were there. some were inter
the hamas rockets came toward beersheba. from the outside it didn't look too bad, but inside is another story. a mother, father and four of their children were inside the home. when the sirens went off they had less than a minute. they made it. they did -- the husband says we went to the safe room, closed the door, we heard a big boom. straight after that an electric outage. he says the young girls were in a little hysteria. we were lucky we entered the safe room. his wife said the fire was to...
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full solace for hamas. no victory for hamas. for mahmoud abbas in ramallah, he is really on the sidelines and we can talk about that later. he wants to bring the issue of palestinian statehood to the u.n. on november 29th. that too is a false road. there really isn't a palestinian way through the gun and through hamas. >> no military solution frankly to this conflict by either side. some sort of political solution down the road. that roadmap seems very far off. at this point, hearing distant sounds of explosions, not anywhere in central gaza city, far off in the distance. we'll continue to broadcast from here, also from jerusalem, from the israeli side of the border, border towns have been hard hit over the last seven to eight days. and we'll talk to israeli ambassador michael orrin when we come back. eóoç=Ñp >>> just had an air alarm right now. going off right now. we're going to a safer place. it literally went off as we were going on the air. come on, let's get this thing unplugged. >> please be safe. we're going to --
full solace for hamas. no victory for hamas. for mahmoud abbas in ramallah, he is really on the sidelines and we can talk about that later. he wants to bring the issue of palestinian statehood to the u.n. on november 29th. that too is a false road. there really isn't a palestinian way through the gun and through hamas. >> no military solution frankly to this conflict by either side. some sort of political solution down the road. that roadmap seems very far off. at this point, hearing...
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they are then put back together by hamas' rocket squad. and the most sophisticated missal these now have are often fired from underground launch pads. that of course makes it far harder for the military to spot them. >> and if a ground invasion were to happen. that seems less likely than it did yesterday. it would be a different war. >> and it is less likely because netanyahu, the israeli prime minister does not want to have to do it. the israeli people are a lot less keen on any kind of ground war than they are supportive of this current air campaign. if you look at a fly over map of gaza city, you can see exactly why it is so densly packed. if you roll the tanks through those streets, they are in much, much greater peril. we saw it in 2006. the palestinians were building these sand berms. they man them with rpg's and they can take clean shots at the tanks that are armored. but they slow down the progress of the tank. that makes it easier to take some israeli casualty and it makes it far more likely that some israeli soldiers could face t
they are then put back together by hamas' rocket squad. and the most sophisticated missal these now have are often fired from underground launch pads. that of course makes it far harder for the military to spot them. >> and if a ground invasion were to happen. that seems less likely than it did yesterday. it would be a different war. >> and it is less likely because netanyahu, the israeli prime minister does not want to have to do it. the israeli people are a lot less keen on any...
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most notably, the house of a -- the hamas the head of a hamas rocket unit. initially say had said they killed that man. they can't verify whether or not they did -- the local ambulance crews said that as many as ten civilians, women and children were inside the house at the time. the israelis do acknowledge that this man's family was in the house at the time. but they cannot confirm if he was there. israeli -- hitting some local journalists, they had called up some french journalists in advance of the strike, and told them to get out of the building, and they did evacuate, but some journalists did go back inside. there was a response to that, there's been a number of large explosions already this evening and we an fticipate in the hour ahead. >> what's the feeling you get of the atmosphere right now when you see people in gaza and you know it's going to be another long night there? >> it's obviously a very tense atmosphere, the streets are deserted not only at this time of night, but at this time of day, shops are closed, and you don't see the large number o
most notably, the house of a -- the hamas the head of a hamas rocket unit. initially say had said they killed that man. they can't verify whether or not they did -- the local ambulance crews said that as many as ten civilians, women and children were inside the house at the time. the israelis do acknowledge that this man's family was in the house at the time. but they cannot confirm if he was there. israeli -- hitting some local journalists, they had called up some french journalists in advance...
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how many rockets does hamas have in its possession, and if hamas is able to get out of this with some rockets, that's a huge symbolic victory for them. >> is this something we've seen before, or is this colored by the arab spring and all the uprisings there? >> i think this is different because you have a change with the israeli revolution. you saw last week shells in israel. perhaps by mistake, but they did it and israel returned fire. you know it poses a major threat and now you have an egyptian government that is no longer going to be quiet when israel does retaliate. you had the prime minister of egypt today. egypt will be very careful not to break with israel, not to break camp david, of course, but nonetheless, it's opening up that border and it's going to be easier for hamas to elicit this rocket territory. i think that has them much more worried and much more willing and able to go into places like gaza to try to deal with the threat and deal with the ruse of a threat. >> nick, you mentioned the egyptian president. i want to you listen to a fiery speech he made today about the
how many rockets does hamas have in its possession, and if hamas is able to get out of this with some rockets, that's a huge symbolic victory for them. >> is this something we've seen before, or is this colored by the arab spring and all the uprisings there? >> i think this is different because you have a change with the israeli revolution. you saw last week shells in israel. perhaps by mistake, but they did it and israel returned fire. you know it poses a major threat and now you...
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if you decide that hamas or israel, hamas seeking listening of the embargo on the blockade. not get that. it may get some cosmetic changes. they will lead a little at the edges so it can hand over something. it can hand over a little bit more easy to get in and out of israel if you are a worker. but the -- so, that demand is not going to be met. israelis want an egyptian guarantee that they would stop the smuggling. the reason that you have the rockets that reach tel aviv and jerusalem is because of the new regime. sinai is a to man's land -- no man's land. smuggling of weapons is reaching a high level. israelis have to stop them that and otherwise they will be another war in a few months because they cannot allow a buildup of the rockets. they didn't get that, the israelis. what they did get if you look at the statement, from obama he says he will work with israel. we, the united states, to prevent the smuggling. they didn't say egypt. they obviously have to use egypt because egypt is in control. that is remain -- it remains up in the air how much egypt will do. that will d
if you decide that hamas or israel, hamas seeking listening of the embargo on the blockade. not get that. it may get some cosmetic changes. they will lead a little at the edges so it can hand over something. it can hand over a little bit more easy to get in and out of israel if you are a worker. but the -- so, that demand is not going to be met. israelis want an egyptian guarantee that they would stop the smuggling. the reason that you have the rockets that reach tel aviv and jerusalem is...
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i think part have what israel has to accomplish is try to disarm hamas so hamas can't be a weapon against them if they ever have to attack iran. >> greta: i don't know how much choice there is. probably zero, but the whole idea that president morsi is one going to broker the deal. he did call israel a terror state and obviously taken his side. secondly, his country has been the country that iran sent these missiles that can reach tel aviv and jerusalem have been laundered through sudan, laundered through egypt, laundered into the gaza and into hamas. egypt is up to their eyeballs in supplying hamas with these weapons that can now reach these cities. >> this the guy that wants to have blind shake released trying to bomb the hell out of my city. to be honest broker, he is completely on the side of hamas. he has made it clear he supports islamic extremists and terrorism. if he were interested in peace here, he would be saying to hamas, sand down. if you keep lobbing missiles into israel you will get attacked. they have completely provoked this. i don't see benjamin netanyahu has much of a ch
i think part have what israel has to accomplish is try to disarm hamas so hamas can't be a weapon against them if they ever have to attack iran. >> greta: i don't know how much choice there is. probably zero, but the whole idea that president morsi is one going to broker the deal. he did call israel a terror state and obviously taken his side. secondly, his country has been the country that iran sent these missiles that can reach tel aviv and jerusalem have been laundered through sudan,...
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hamas for decades really, before hamas was hamas, has -- when hamas came to power in gaza, president mubarak treated it like a criminal organization. now you had 13 arab foreign ministers coming to gaza visiting the hamas leader. and the hamas leader has often had to run around the world as if he was a terrorist. now he's receiving all these dignitaries. the hamas position is that there should be a cease fire immediately and that along with that cease fire, there should be an open -- or the siege on gaza because i'm glad you showed that map. gaza doesn't have any external border. it's surrounded by egypt or israel. according to various agreements, any goods that come in or out of are subject to severe restrictions and the people of gaza can't leave unless they are also given the specific security agreements. so what hamas is asking for is immediate change of all of that status. a lifting of the blockade making it possible for the people of gaza to export what they want, to travel as they want, and to have that coincide at the same time as a cease fire. israel doesn't want to do that.
hamas for decades really, before hamas was hamas, has -- when hamas came to power in gaza, president mubarak treated it like a criminal organization. now you had 13 arab foreign ministers coming to gaza visiting the hamas leader. and the hamas leader has often had to run around the world as if he was a terrorist. now he's receiving all these dignitaries. the hamas position is that there should be a cease fire immediately and that along with that cease fire, there should be an open -- or the...
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>> reporter: you know if hamas changed and moderated its positions, if hamas met the three benchmarks that were articulated by the united nations, that is recognizing my country to exist. abandoning terrorism and violence, then the negotiations could begin. but on the contrary, i think in many ways hamas is stuck in a very extreme position. and the evidence we saw for that today. we had the bombing in tel aviv on the bus. and hamas praised that. they welcomed that. they said that was legitimate. and so as long as hamas is doing that sort of thing it is difficult to be optimistic. but if they do change, if they do moderate. if they fundamentally reserve some of their very hard line positions, the door can be opened. >> i mean, do you accept, though, obviously in the last eight or nine days, 30 times as many palestinians have been killed as israelis? so clearly, there is bloodshed on both sides. and israel is not blameless here, either. >> reporter: i think the most important issue here is though, what we're we doing? i mean, this whole operation was not to take territory or change regi
>> reporter: you know if hamas changed and moderated its positions, if hamas met the three benchmarks that were articulated by the united nations, that is recognizing my country to exist. abandoning terrorism and violence, then the negotiations could begin. but on the contrary, i think in many ways hamas is stuck in a very extreme position. and the evidence we saw for that today. we had the bombing in tel aviv on the bus. and hamas praised that. they welcomed that. they said that was...
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does not recognize hamas. president obama we're told has been also in very late night talks for his time zone. he's been in the far east on that east asia summit trip, but he's been talking to prime minister netanyahu, talking to the egyptian president morsi, and the u.s. has said that they really believe that the egyptians have played a very significant and very constructive role. again, we'll wait to see what happens but this is a major test for egypt, not so much for egypt, but for how egypt and the world might work together on these issues. the first time an islamist leader elected in egypt has taken part in these very, very difficult kinds of things. >> and even as they are apparently close to a deal, a lot of rockets came into israel today, including not far from where we are here in jerusalem, a whole bunch came in the south, i was there earlier in the day, and the israelis are continuing their strikes in gaza as well. >> well, that's right. the air war, so to speak, continues while the diplomacy also c
does not recognize hamas. president obama we're told has been also in very late night talks for his time zone. he's been in the far east on that east asia summit trip, but he's been talking to prime minister netanyahu, talking to the egyptian president morsi, and the u.s. has said that they really believe that the egyptians have played a very significant and very constructive role. again, we'll wait to see what happens but this is a major test for egypt, not so much for egypt, but for how egypt...
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we want hamas to stop shooting at our civilians. we've had 5.5 million israeli under hamas rocket fire. that's well over half of our population and it's very simple. they just have to stop shooting at us and stop creating a situation where they can shoot at us every week. that's the situation that existed before this round of fighting. we have to have a different status quo on the ground. once that is on the payable. we will be interested. >> there are reports, of course, that benjamin netanyahu and mack mu abbas will both meet with ban ki-moon. i wonder if you think there's a possibility abbas and moon will meet directly? >> i know prime minister is ready to meet abbas in time, any place. he said it many times, in jerusalem, in ramallah, which is only a seven minute drive away. in new york, anywhere. >> okay, let me ask you about a ground war. when you're talking about the situation, if there isn't a cease-fire, you have 75,000 troops now masked to go into gaza. only 30% of the israeli public support a ground war according to the p
we want hamas to stop shooting at our civilians. we've had 5.5 million israeli under hamas rocket fire. that's well over half of our population and it's very simple. they just have to stop shooting at us and stop creating a situation where they can shoot at us every week. that's the situation that existed before this round of fighting. we have to have a different status quo on the ground. once that is on the payable. we will be interested. >> there are reports, of course, that benjamin...
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the flip side of that is, you never know where a hamas or an alleged hamas person may be. where they may have an office in a building like this, where, you know, do they have an office on the floor below you? you don't know. and so israel considers that a target and so they're going to -- if they fire missiles into your building, you can can very easily get killed. >> one final question. did they have any clue when you walked around the street, you were wearing body arrest more and a helmet. do these folks know who you are? >> some people do. >> is cnn in gaza? >> a lot of people didn't have electricity, some people have satellite dishes, they're able to see it. but, you know, i actually don't -- you try not -- i actually didn't wear body armor all of the time. >> i saw some pictures of you wearing it. >> yeah, in some cases you would wear body armor, other times you didn't. a lot of it had to do with i was interacting with people, just regular people, i generally don't wear body armor, because i think it sends the wrong message if i'm asking people to tell me their story,
the flip side of that is, you never know where a hamas or an alleged hamas person may be. where they may have an office in a building like this, where, you know, do they have an office on the floor below you? you don't know. and so israel considers that a target and so they're going to -- if they fire missiles into your building, you can can very easily get killed. >> one final question. did they have any clue when you walked around the street, you were wearing body arrest more and a...
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>> hamas is saying that. i wouldn't take hamas as a credible source. listen, there is no secret formula here. it's simple. hamas fired 100 rockets in the last week. in course of 2012, 700 rockets. these people live in constant fear. they have to stop. we have to create situation that terror quist not decide every month or week to open fire on half the population and paralyze our country. we have to create a situation where the iranians cannot smuggle in advanced weaponry in to gaza. by the red sea or over land from libya. >> shannon: how direct player is iran and what is playing out now? >> all the terrorist groups, hamas gets funds from iran, bic terrorist organization such as islamist jihad that are controlled and funded by iran. gaza is iranian outpost. we are fighting iran in gaza. 50 years ago the cuban missile crisis. united states was up against cuba. it wasn't cuba. they were up against the sew yet union. we're not gaza. we are up against iran. >> shannon: secretary of state clinton again we talked about how she was winding down the time we ass
>> hamas is saying that. i wouldn't take hamas as a credible source. listen, there is no secret formula here. it's simple. hamas fired 100 rockets in the last week. in course of 2012, 700 rockets. these people live in constant fear. they have to stop. we have to create situation that terror quist not decide every month or week to open fire on half the population and paralyze our country. we have to create a situation where the iranians cannot smuggle in advanced weaponry in to gaza. by...
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hamas will use you as human shields." the three reporters with -- tv. >> i want the idea of spokesperson to tell me if i'm standing next to hamas people so i don't get killed. these kinds of threats, i don't know what they're meant to do. the rhetoric coming from israel, probably in meeting to assassinating journalists, to say, stay away from hamas because they're targeting anything. there was a hamas official in the hospital or does came from, are they going to bomb the hospital now? are they going to bomb schools? civilians are being killed. that is a fact. that is what is happening. either israel has pinpoint accuracy and is targeting these civilians, or they don't have pinpoint accuracy and they are raiding hellfire down on one of the most densely populated places on earth. there is no other explanation. >> thank you for being with us, sharif abdel kouddous. the very, very careful. his latest piece is in "the nation" magazine. to clarify, the three journalists who were killed, two for cameramen t working forv, killed
hamas will use you as human shields." the three reporters with -- tv. >> i want the idea of spokesperson to tell me if i'm standing next to hamas people so i don't get killed. these kinds of threats, i don't know what they're meant to do. the rhetoric coming from israel, probably in meeting to assassinating journalists, to say, stay away from hamas because they're targeting anything. there was a hamas official in the hospital or does came from, are they going to bomb the hospital...
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also an up close look at hamas and what people here really feel about hamas. riding the dog like it's a small horse is frowned upon in this establishment! luckily though, ya know, i conceal this bad boy underneath my blanket just so i can get on e-trade. check my investment portfolio, research stocks... wait, why are you taking... oh, i see...solitary. just a man and his thoughts. and a smartphone... with an e-trade app. ♪ nobody knows... [ male announcer ] e-trade. investing unleashed. >>> one of the biggest strikes we saw yesterday was on this building. the islamic national bank. i'm assuming it was a target by israeli forces because this is the bank where salaries for hamas members are paid out from. >> that building was struck yesterday very close to the large strike that we saw earlier this evening. i'm here with ben wedeman. also joining me is princeton university's anne-marie slaughter. let's talk about hamas. fuad in the last segment was saying he thinks the gaza population is a captive population to hamas. how popular are they here? they clearly hav
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the turkish prime minister came out and said israel is terrorist group, not hamas. so they are feeling this out. in my opinion, they are feeling out what would happen if it were israeli-iran and i think it's -- we should be concerned here. the middle east is not siding with the right sides now. >> dana: what about that, bob, when the turkish prime minister says that israel is the terrorist state? does that surprise you? >> bob: it doesn't surprise me because turkey is having a massive internal conflict between muslims and the secular community and the muslim community. but they still have the most stable and necessary of all countries in the area. it would be necessary to have it work. one of the things -- i want to give netanyahu some credit here for showing some restraint. you mentioned this yesterday and i think in the face of this, they have shown a lot of restraint. one thing they need to do is what the gazans want to get the blockade lifted on the sea ports. israel is in control of them. i think one of the deals here may be the united states take over the blo
the turkish prime minister came out and said israel is terrorist group, not hamas. so they are feeling this out. in my opinion, they are feeling out what would happen if it were israeli-iran and i think it's -- we should be concerned here. the middle east is not siding with the right sides now. >> dana: what about that, bob, when the turkish prime minister says that israel is the terrorist state? does that surprise you? >> bob: it doesn't surprise me because turkey is having a...
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we want hamas to stop shooting at our civilians. we've had 5.5 million israeli under hamas rocket fire. that's well over half of our population and it's very simple. they just have to stop shooting at us and stop creating a situation where they can shoot at us every week. we have to have a different status quo on the ground. once that's on the table, we will be interest. >> there are reports that benjamin netanyahu and abbas will meet with ban ki-moon. do you think there's a possibility abbas and ban ki-moon will meet directly? >> i know prime minister is ready to meet abbas in time, any place. in jerusalem, ramawa. >> let me ask you about a dwround war because when you're talking about the situation, if there isn't a cease fire, you have 75,000 troops now masked to go into gaza. only 30% of the israeli public support a ground war according to the poll today. is a ground war likely? i mean, are you really, really mean it that you could do it? >> first, let's look at some of these reservice. i won't say 75,000, but a large number hav
we want hamas to stop shooting at our civilians. we've had 5.5 million israeli under hamas rocket fire. that's well over half of our population and it's very simple. they just have to stop shooting at us and stop creating a situation where they can shoot at us every week. we have to have a different status quo on the ground. once that's on the table, we will be interest. >> there are reports that benjamin netanyahu and abbas will meet with ban ki-moon. do you think there's a possibility...
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>> that is the fault of hamas. hamas has put its fighters in the very midst of a densely populated area because they not only have a military strategy of trying to kill the maximum number of israeli citizens, they have a media strategy. they want us to fire back at them and if we injure pll civilians or -- palestinian civilians or kill them tragically, they can use that sensationalize, put the pictures on the newspaper and delegitimize us and deny us the right to defend ourselves. if we injure or god forbid kill palestinians for us that's a tragedy. if they kill israelis for them that's a victory. it's completely different set of rules for hamas and for israel. this time, we were able to reduce in this round of fighting -- the last round was in 2008 -- 2009, a higher level of civilian casualties. we were able to pin poirnts some of our targeting much better. there are a number of palestinian casualties but between one half and two-thirds of the casualties are actually armed fighters. and not civilians. but again, w
>> that is the fault of hamas. hamas has put its fighters in the very midst of a densely populated area because they not only have a military strategy of trying to kill the maximum number of israeli citizens, they have a media strategy. they want us to fire back at them and if we injure pll civilians or -- palestinian civilians or kill them tragically, they can use that sensationalize, put the pictures on the newspaper and delegitimize us and deny us the right to defend ourselves. if we...
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hamas is getting stronger there by the day. from that point of view, the israelis have not gained politically is of the are faced in really complex situations. they are the strongest power in the region, but they're getting weaker and weaker having so many people who are on friendly, mainly the german the of the americans. >> briefly, the egyptians president has played a key role in trying to establish. how has he fired? >> very well, surprisingly. they have so far withheld credits, over $5 billion, and they have now provided money to the egyptian government for their successful mediating. >> thank you very much. our cairo correspondent joins us on . we have conflicting reports. hamas as a truce has been negotiated. israel says not yet. what's going on? >> it is very unclear. this afternoon, they said the ceasefire was going to be tonight and then hamas in cairo says there is supposed to be a press conference right now as we speak. d, soon after, they say that there might be a ceasefire agreement, but they are not sure. we know
hamas is getting stronger there by the day. from that point of view, the israelis have not gained politically is of the are faced in really complex situations. they are the strongest power in the region, but they're getting weaker and weaker having so many people who are on friendly, mainly the german the of the americans. >> briefly, the egyptians president has played a key role in trying to establish. how has he fired? >> very well, surprisingly. they have so far withheld credits,...
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how is iran factoring into hamas? with the israeli elections about to happen, you know, what is the new and post-u.s. election what is the new geopolitical landscape. so the united states really cannot afford to have another hot bed, potential big, big problem on its hands again in the middle east with israeli/palestinian relationship. so, you know, the united states has to play a crucial role. the president understands that. and that's why you see secretary of state clinton there. >> the money that the u.s. promises in aid to egypt, $2 billion is that enough leverage to be able to keep mohamed morsi overseeing this process and peace in the region, continuing not only to be a partner to the u.s., but once again considered an ally? >> well, we have seen a difference between the public rhetoric of morsi and the muslim brotherhood run government in egypt and what it knows behind the scenes, what's known on the behind the scenes, egypt being a key player in trying to negotiate at least a cease-fire in the region. because
how is iran factoring into hamas? with the israeli elections about to happen, you know, what is the new and post-u.s. election what is the new geopolitical landscape. so the united states really cannot afford to have another hot bed, potential big, big problem on its hands again in the middle east with israeli/palestinian relationship. so, you know, the united states has to play a crucial role. the president understands that. and that's why you see secretary of state clinton there. >> the...
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the president there has been backing hamas. many egyptians back hamas but hillary clinton has been discussing with egyptian officials the fact the law of our aid to the imf and they have to strike a deal and strike an accord. we are waiting on confirmation. there are reports of a cease-fire. we heard this yesterday and we will bring that breaking news when we get it. now we go to the stock market as we do every 15 minutes, nicole petallides, 4 of the stock exchange every 15 minutes. a lot of traders are leaving town. what do you think? nicole: and look at a full day run rate. looks ok but two hundred million shares here at the lunchtime hour and volume has been somewhat light and we have a 200 point gain monday and looking at winning weeks of our on wall street is what. drug stocks to the upside. major market averages are higher. banking index is falling back. traders are taught to as far as the trend of this market four week 0 of selling and despite a gain on monday they still think if you were buying around these levels you w
the president there has been backing hamas. many egyptians back hamas but hillary clinton has been discussing with egyptian officials the fact the law of our aid to the imf and they have to strike a deal and strike an accord. we are waiting on confirmation. there are reports of a cease-fire. we heard this yesterday and we will bring that breaking news when we get it. now we go to the stock market as we do every 15 minutes, nicole petallides, 4 of the stock exchange every 15 minutes. a lot of...
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very provocative acts by hamas. the israelis need to be convinced hamas is going to stop its rocketing of the israeli population and want to test mohamed morsi. can he deliver a deal? as jamie said, this is a new egypt. and there's no more standoffish relationship with the hamas organization. mohamed morsi has identified with them, supported them throughout this conflict. but then again, mohamed morsi has a relationship, the president of egypt, with the united states of america, with europe, with the international financial institutions. he's the one who needs to facilitate, leverage, pressure, hamas to agree to the cease-fire. and i do agree with jamie, as well. hillary clinton is essential now. the united states is the only country that can put together either a period of calm, deescalation or a full cease-fire. and then hopefully if that is achieved, pick up the initiative and try to reinvigorate discussions between palestinians and israelis. >> one thing this has me thinking about, people complain about the midd
very provocative acts by hamas. the israelis need to be convinced hamas is going to stop its rocketing of the israeli population and want to test mohamed morsi. can he deliver a deal? as jamie said, this is a new egypt. and there's no more standoffish relationship with the hamas organization. mohamed morsi has identified with them, supported them throughout this conflict. but then again, mohamed morsi has a relationship, the president of egypt, with the united states of america, with europe,...
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hamas puts it at about 900. the constant threat has those in israel in fear. >> reporter: there's another attack, another rocket alert going on. we've got to get out of here. >> go, fred. there you see it. a strike in ash colon. we've got the pictures up as fred and our camera crew get out of the way. it's a sign that another strike is coming. can we listen here? >> reporter: and we have the impacts. we can stay on, we can stay on, we can stay on, colleen. >> we're with you. we're with you. >> reporter: you still there? >> yes, go ahead. >> reporter: colleen, basically what happened is the air sirens went off and we ran to sort of a shelter that we have right here. this is a residential building. we're sort of in the house. we heard one impact. the alarms seem to have died down. we're going to sort of get up and wait. stay down. we're going to stay down actually is that that was our fred pleitgen. tell us how things have changed there. there's a new normal. >> reporter: oh, you're absolutely right. the new norma
hamas puts it at about 900. the constant threat has those in israel in fear. >> reporter: there's another attack, another rocket alert going on. we've got to get out of here. >> go, fred. there you see it. a strike in ash colon. we've got the pictures up as fred and our camera crew get out of the way. it's a sign that another strike is coming. can we listen here? >> reporter: and we have the impacts. we can stay on, we can stay on, we can stay on, colleen. >> we're with...
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and never communicated with hamas. right now, there was a negotiated settlement between hamas and israel. it didn't take place directly. it took place through egypt, the united states, but hamas feels it gained recognition. there were more than a dozen foreign ministers who came here, came to gaza, and paid homage to the hamas leader. something he never had before. they were able to fire rockets from here in gaza and hit areas around tel aviv and jerusalem, something that hadn't happened before. hamas was losing popularity on the street in gaza, and now its popularity is skyrocketing. so to give you an example, tomorrow hamas has declared a public holiday, and there are expected to be victory celebrations across the gaza strip. >> richard, in terms of the way that israel couched its agreement to this, i wanted to highlight the fact that they named the united states as the party that asked them to do this, essentially saying, or directly saying, they acceded to american will on this. why do you think they stressed that
and never communicated with hamas. right now, there was a negotiated settlement between hamas and israel. it didn't take place directly. it took place through egypt, the united states, but hamas feels it gained recognition. there were more than a dozen foreign ministers who came here, came to gaza, and paid homage to the hamas leader. something he never had before. they were able to fire rockets from here in gaza and hit areas around tel aviv and jerusalem, something that hadn't happened...
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it's not necessarily that hamas feels empowered but now perhaps egypt's president is saying to hamas you also have a responsibility to govern, you can't just fire these rockets indiscriminately and trigger this type of backlash. this isn't only a crossroads for israel and gaza, it has a tremendous amount of implications for egypt and u.s. foreign policy vis-a-vis the new emerging realities of the arab world. >> i want to open this up to our panel in new york. something that has been going on that i don't think has got an ton of coverage, is how the israeli defense ministry is using twitter to sort of talk about what they are doing. max fisher writing in "the washington post" -- skeptics particularly in the arab countries surrounding israel have seemed to consider the tweets posts overly triumphant or insensitive. the less pressure he feels from anti-israeli activists a s musl brother hood factions the better israel is likely to be served. we have tweets focusing on those who have been assassinated, quote/unquote eliminated. here's one that says since the start of operation pillar of
it's not necessarily that hamas feels empowered but now perhaps egypt's president is saying to hamas you also have a responsibility to govern, you can't just fire these rockets indiscriminately and trigger this type of backlash. this isn't only a crossroads for israel and gaza, it has a tremendous amount of implications for egypt and u.s. foreign policy vis-a-vis the new emerging realities of the arab world. >> i want to open this up to our panel in new york. something that has been going...
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he has much more afin knit in the hamas mission than mubarak did, who saw hamas as a threat to his own rule. to say moem hamed morsecy will do whatever the united states says because aid is tied to it is naive. >> let's play the latest comments saturday from benjamin netanyahu. let's play it. >> i'm glad to see most of the governments of the world don't fall into the false symmetry of equates the terrorist aggressors with their civilian victims. of course, israel will continue to exercise this prudence and self-restraint while defending our citizens against terrorism. >> interesting choice of words, most of the governments of the world. obviously, we've talked about this, the pressure around netanyahu giving the arab spring and the dynamic with egypt alone. >> yeah. i mean, i think part of the problem is here among the negotiations, there's two parties that see themselves -- the treaty has broken down. hamas will not stop the rockets until the air strikes will end, and israel says tlt not end until you stop up firing the rockets. you have a classic stalemate here nein terms of why thes
he has much more afin knit in the hamas mission than mubarak did, who saw hamas as a threat to his own rule. to say moem hamed morsecy will do whatever the united states says because aid is tied to it is naive. >> let's play the latest comments saturday from benjamin netanyahu. let's play it. >> i'm glad to see most of the governments of the world don't fall into the false symmetry of equates the terrorist aggressors with their civilian victims. of course, israel will continue to...
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so far no claim of responsibility but hamas called it a blessed event. within the last few hours, israeli air strikes continued in gaza. this is video of secondary explosions when an hamas weapons depot was hit. michelle caruso-cabrera, our chief foreign correspondent is watching reaction at the nyse. michelle? >> that pushed the dow to the highs of the session. the announcement of the cease-fire got us another 25 points. we have come off the highs, 12,839 is where the dow stands right now, higher by more than 50 points, .4%. president obama reportedly just spoke with israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu. john harwood joins us now. john, what can you tell us? the white house had a lot at stake here by sending hillary clinton to try to get this resolved. >> reporter: absolutely. and this is the result that president obama had in mind when he sent hillary clinton from that asian trip that he was on to try to broker a cease-fire. but it's only a cease-fire. it is only one step. there is a long way to go. the administration of course is caught between
so far no claim of responsibility but hamas called it a blessed event. within the last few hours, israeli air strikes continued in gaza. this is video of secondary explosions when an hamas weapons depot was hit. michelle caruso-cabrera, our chief foreign correspondent is watching reaction at the nyse. michelle? >> that pushed the dow to the highs of the session. the announcement of the cease-fire got us another 25 points. we have come off the highs, 12,839 is where the dow stands right...
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hamas for its part is not just fighting israel. it's also involved in a linger-time battle with fat that, which is the party of palestinian president mahmoud abbas. what hamas leaders believe they have achieved is to demonstrate to the palestinian people that their choice to attack israel and negotiate from that point gets better results than the baathist preferred method of peaceful negotiations. the rocket attacks are the reason israel is committed to at least considering easing the economic embargo. they are also loudly promoting the perception that they stood up to the israeli aerial on slot and that israel was afraid to launch a ground war. even some influential voices on the israeli side are accusing prime minister netanyahu of backing down. the former head of the israeli defense forces now a political rival of netanyahu said, quote: the goals of his operation were not reached and the next round is only a matter of time. we should not have stopped at this stage. hamas got stronger and we did not gain deterrence. prime ministe
hamas for its part is not just fighting israel. it's also involved in a linger-time battle with fat that, which is the party of palestinian president mahmoud abbas. what hamas leaders believe they have achieved is to demonstrate to the palestinian people that their choice to attack israel and negotiate from that point gets better results than the baathist preferred method of peaceful negotiations. the rocket attacks are the reason israel is committed to at least considering easing the economic...
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hamas' leader's first recording as commander said hamas is ready to fight. it's determined not to back down on its right to liberate baseline. does that sound like an organization that would sign off on a ceasefire deal? >> this has always been true. they feel they have to be more bellicose and you have it takes a different view. they said it's very likely that there will be a ceasefire. there's no talk how long that would last, whether this would be a temporary measure and any follow-up talks. it's not enough to stop shotting. it's necessary to stop talking. until that happens there's always going to be the likelihood that it starts again in a couple of days. gaza won't be a testing ground for you and some analysts have suggested the last seven days of fighting may be a prelude. is that what's going on here? >> everything is possible. if the fear invites retaliation from israel's neighborhood then the more likely source of trouble would be hezbollah not hamas or in addition to hamas. the rhetoric is going to be always a problem with hadmas. even from their
hamas' leader's first recording as commander said hamas is ready to fight. it's determined not to back down on its right to liberate baseline. does that sound like an organization that would sign off on a ceasefire deal? >> this has always been true. they feel they have to be more bellicose and you have it takes a different view. they said it's very likely that there will be a ceasefire. there's no talk how long that would last, whether this would be a temporary measure and any follow-up...